Ya, the coaches should step out on the ice and interfere with the goalie every time he gets a breakaway, which is every game.
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It's not only stone hands but also confidence. Confidence is also a Coach's job to instill in a player. Just playing Devil's advocat here, not saying Capuano is not doing everthing he can do to try and boost Grabner's confidence. However seeing Cmac, Regin etc being put on the PP2 unit over Grabner must also be kind of deflating sometimes. There are several players on the NYI who have troubles with their game and their confidence, I see the coaching staff as a part of the reason for their struggles as well., the coaching staff is partly to blame for not getting them out of their funk in a timely fashion.Ya, the coaches should step out on the ice and interfere with the goalie every time he gets a breakaway, which is every game.
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Just saw the box score.. congrats to Grabs.. haven't seen the goals but would think the big ice suits him well.. maybe this gets him kick started for the rest of the season..
no breakaway
1 tip in from a perfect pass, 1 shot at the far post after a beatiful setup and 1 shot through the 5hole in a 3-1 rush after a turnover.
This is just another sick and twisted signs that the islanders franchise has something going on. Grabs can't score a goal in the NHL for some crazy amounts of games and then gets a Hat Trick... one thing about the isles minus JT and KO this year, everyone is CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT. 
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Sums up the Isles season quickly. Cant buy a goal in the NHL...then buries a hatty on one of the better goalies for Aus first game.
I can see inconsistency, but no ceiling to his scoring ability that you are describing. He was on 30 goal pace last season with limited ice time and reasoner. He hasnt shown the same scoring ability this year, highlighting his inconsistency.
He went into this season with something like the 2nd most ES goals in the nhl over the last 3 yeara, ahead of jt. 12-16 goals is completely arbitrary.
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Starkbaum displayed zero rebound control. Perhaps he would face less shots if he were to absorb a puck now and then.
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I think the reason for Grabner's breakout game today has to do with the team he's on. I think he clearly knows that while on Austria, he's one of the best if not the best on the team (besides Vanek). He can do whatever he wants and play with a certain kind of freedom because he is the star. When he's in the NHL, he's just another player and maybe doesn't have the liberties to do certain things he'd usually do during the Olympics.
This will be his first season he wont break 20 goals (excluding last yr when he was on pace for 29).
Austria didnt exactly cycle down low, like at all. I guess limited zone time is not such a big problem for grabs as it is for other (puck possession type) players.
...if Grabner was for the last three years permanently on the second power play unit he would have a considerable amount of more points and goals per season. He is so much better with one timers near the net than people will give him credit for...
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blinkman360
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Clutterbuck is a joke on the PP. I agree. Bailey though? Not sure why he shouldn't be on one of the PPs.
His powerplay is so powerfull and awesome he made in the last three years a whooping one power play goal, thats surely not enough to consider at least rethinking this position?
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Much like the Boyes situation last year, this is a prime example of Cappy's blatant stubbornness to make changes that could benefit to the team. He is completely BLIND to lineup decisions that are affecting the team on a nightly basis.
PP1
Vanek- JT- Okposo
Visnosky- de Haan
PP2
Nelson- Nielsen- Grabner/ Strome
Hamonic- Donovan/ Hickey
Worth a try?!?!
blinkman360
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Apparently him getting bumped up to the 1st unit was enough to crack a 0/5,0000 drought, and ultimately two PP goals in a span of two minutes or so.
..but since he didn't score the goals, I guess it doesn't matter.
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You know he's always put on the 2nd unit, with the players people are complaining about...right?
His PP numbers have slipped every year he's played in the NHL, and so has his ice time on the PP. Instead of putting a young player in a position where he'd be able to gain confidence and improve, he was taken off of the PP for pretty much no reason. He had two more points in '09 than Nielsen did, with 155 minutes vs Nielsen's 223 minutes. Then outscored him by 1 in '10 having played 10 less PP minutes. After that, his minutes dropped considerably so it's not possible to compare.
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I'm not sure why you're bringing up all of these point totals when we all know it's the little things that Bailey does that makes him such a great player.
You know, the little things that don't show up on the scoresheet.
